Healthcare

Bilirakis insists Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans exposed to toxic chemicals from burn pits are being denied medical care and are now dealing with various illnesses, several of them fatal.

Combee had to resign from his appointment by Trump to the USDA to run for Congress. While he called the appointment an honor, the call for help was enough for Combee to resign and roll the dice by running for Congress.

The two senators unveiled the “Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act" on Thursday which they insist will “prohibit patient brokering by punishing unscrupulous actors that prey on patients seeking treatment in order to exploit the patient’s insurance.”

The bill sends more than $56 million to the Office of Minority Health including $2 million for the National Health Education Lupus Program. The bill also send $6.5 million to the Center for Disease Control’s National Lupus Patient Registry.